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You Know What I Like

You Know What I Like

Julie Bracken posted a photo:

You Know What I Like

Don’t act so coy
like an innocent child.
I know how you like
to get a bit wild.

I’m really quite pleased
that you didn’t forget
the whipped cream in a can
and the butterfly net.

Now wear the fedora
and those charming black socks,
pretend I’m a bagel
and smear me with lox.

Talk like a pirate
and I’ll cluck like a hen
c’mon we’ve done it before
we can do it again.

My tastes are quite strange
I’m hearing you say,
I can’t explain why
I just like it that way!
~ Laurel Kirkwood

Makeup and styling by the talented Kelayla of www.transvista.co.uk/

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9 Feb 18

You Know What I Like

Designer Ashish Gupta Shows ‘Glitter Against Gloom’ at London…

Designer Ashish Gupta Shows ‘Glitter Against Gloom’ at London…

Designer Ashish Gupta Shows ‘Glitter Against Gloom’ at London Fashion Week

To see more of Ashish’s work, follow @ashish on Instagram.

“Glitter against gloom” is how Indian fashion designer Ashish Gupta (@ashish) describes his colorful, sequined clothes. “Growing up in New Delhi, I always admired my mum’s silk saris and her collection of shoes,” says Ashish. “She had such great taste. It really made me appreciate fabrics and colors, and want to make beautiful outfits — I couldn’t imagine a more glamorous way of living.”

After moving to London more than 20 years ago to complete a degree in fashion at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design — and once having his entire portfolio of work stolen at a train station in Paris — Ashish first showed his collection at the 2004 London Fashion Week. He hasn’t stopped creating his “understated overstatement” designs since. “It feels scary, exciting, familiar, moving and inspiring,” says Ashish of showing at #LFW. “I never get used to it – every show feels as intense as the first time.”

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The London Salon: queer night scenes

The London Salon: queer night scenes

UCL Urban Lab posted a photo:

The London Salon: queer night scenes

Curated by UCL Urban Laboratory, this evening at the Museum of London queerly reimagined the 1931 Beaux Arts Ball in New York, a famously peculiar moment in urban history.

We celebrated the ways LGBTQ+ people and communities create night-spaces in the city, thinking about how LGBTQ people have contributed to urban change in London, as well as the specific challenges and opportunities LGBTQ communities face in queering the capital at night.

The evening was hosted by Dr Sharon Husbands (Naked Boys Reading, Ask Dr Shaz) and featured performances and provocations from:

Travis Alabanza
Chardine Taylor-Stone
Planning Out and Friends of the Joiners Arms
Dan de la Motte
Fabulous Façades (Ben Campkin, Laura Marshall, Zia Forrai, Gabrielle Basso Ricci, Sebastian Buser and Thomas Kendall)

Curated by Ben Campkin and Laura Marshall (UCL Urban Laboratory) in partnership with the Museum of London, City Now City Future, a season of ideas, debate and inspiration.

Date: 13 February 2018

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